GB2431363A - Wagering game having progressive amounts displayed in a matrix - Google Patents

Wagering game having progressive amounts displayed in a matrix

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GB2431363A
GB2431363A GB0703845A GB0703845A GB2431363A GB 2431363 A GB2431363 A GB 2431363A GB 0703845 A GB0703845 A GB 0703845A GB 0703845 A GB0703845 A GB 0703845A GB 2431363 A GB2431363 A GB 2431363A
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wagering game
matrix
progressive jackpots
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Alfred Thomas
Shridhar P Joshi
Peter R Anderson
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WMS Gaming Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3244—Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
    • G07F17/3258—Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

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Abstract

A method for playing a wagering game on a gaming terminal (10). The wagering game allows a player to be eligible to win a plurality of progressive jackpots. The plurality of progressive jackpots (28) can be arranged in columns and rows of a matrix, or can be displayed with other characteristics for identification (27), such has color, shapes, or alpha-numeric characters. The method includes conducting a wagering game having a randomly selected outcome. The player can be awarded two progressive jackpots in response to the randomly selected outcome being a single multiple-jackpot winning outcome. Further, the progressive jackpots that are achieved can be identified by their associated characteristics, which are displayed to the player.
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